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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Arthur Ronald Farquhar|Arthur R. Farquhar]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Trinidad (1918)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Trinidad'']]'''<br>5 Feb, 1920<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 877}} &ndash; 2 Mar, 1922<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|Vernon Hammersley-Heenan]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Herbert William Wyld|Herbert W. Wyld]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Spindrift (1918)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Spindrift'']]'''<br>''c''. Nov, 1927<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref> &ndash; ''c''. late Nov, 1927<ref>Yorke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/260.|D7605015}}  f. 275.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''?'''}}
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Revision as of 11:07, 11 June 2016

Commander (retired) Joseph Hugh Langdon Yorke, R.N. (20 September, 1888 – 16 July, 1936) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in New Zealand.

Yorke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1910.[1]

Yorke was appointed in command of the destroyer Skate on 2 July, 1917.[2]

Yorke was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1918.[3]

Post-War

On 5 February, 1920, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Trinidad.[4]

Yorke was superseded in command of the light cruiser Dartmouth in May, 1928 and placed on the Retired List with the rank of Commander, being medically unfit due to sclerosis on 22 October, 1928.[5]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George F. Hole
Captain of H.M.S. Peterel
19 Feb, 1915[6][7] – 16 Dec, 1915[8]
Succeeded by
Alphonse M. Tulloch
Preceded by
Cyril P. Franklin
Captain of H.M.S. Ouse
16 Jun, 1915[9] – 11 Jun, 1916[10]
Succeeded by
Arthur E. Durham
Preceded by
Paul Whitfield
Captain of H.M.S. Tigress
11 Jun, 1916[11][12] – 4 Jan, 1917[13]
Succeeded by
Frank A. C. Baker
Preceded by
James V. Creagh
Captain of H.M.S. Linnet
11 Jan, 1917[14] – 2 Jul, 1917[15]
Succeeded by
John N. Knox
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Skate
2 Jul, 1917[16][17] – 29 Jan, 1919[18]
Succeeded by
Archibald A. Lovett-Cameron
Preceded by
Basil E. Reinold
Captain of H.M.S. Plucky
29 Jan, 1919[19] – 25 Apr, 1919[20]
Succeeded by
John M. Smith
Preceded by
Claude P. C. de Crespigny
Captain of H.M.S. M.24
25 Apr, 1919[21] – Jul, 1919[22]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Edward T. Grayston
Captain of H.M.S. Cicala
2 Jul, 1919[23][24] – 22 Dec, 1919[25][26]
Succeeded by
Robert G. M. D. Hunt
Preceded by
Arthur R. Farquhar
Captain of H.M.S. Trinidad
5 Feb, 1920[27][28] – 2 Mar, 1922[29]
Succeeded by
Vernon Hammersley-Heenan
Preceded by
Henry M. Coombs
Captain of H.M.S. Vanessa
15 Dec, 1922[30][31] – Dec, 1923[32]
Succeeded by
Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager
Preceded by
Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager
Captain of H.M.S. Violent
Dec, 1923[33] – 8 Apr, 1924[34]
Succeeded by
Francis E. Wright
Preceded by
Francis E. Wright
Captain of H.M.S. Violent
Dec, 1923[35]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Edward C. Thornton
Captain of H.M.S. Forres
15 Aug, 1924[36] – 22 Oct, 1925[37]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Richard Harter
Captain of H.M.S. Sturgeon
22 Oct, 1925[38] – 4 Nov, 1925[39]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Herbert W. Wyld
Captain of H.M.S. Spindrift
c. Nov, 1927[40]c. late Nov, 1927[41]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Ivan B. Colvin
Captain of H.M.S. Ursula
21 Nov, 1927[42]c. Dec, 1927[43]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Dudley B. N. North
Captain of H.M.S. Dartmouth
early 1928[44] – 1 May, 1928[45]
Succeeded by
Ronald H. C. Hallifax

Footnotes

  1. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
  3. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 365.
  4. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 877.
  5. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  6. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396n.
  8. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  9. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  10. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  11. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398s.
  13. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  14. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  15. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  16. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 908.
  18. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  19. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  20. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  21. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  22. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  23. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  24. The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 746.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1920). p. 746.
  26. The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 745.
  27. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  28. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 877.
  29. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  30. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  31. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 827.
  32. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  33. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  34. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  35. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  36. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  37. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  38. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  39. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  40. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  41. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  42. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  43. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  44. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
  45. Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.

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